2010 was nothing short of one exciting ride as U! Creative continued to be afforded the creative opportunities that make any design firm go gaga! On the heels of several successful Monster-sized projects, they began the year with U! Client, Monster Cable (San Francisco) engaging them to take part in a writing assessment to deliver "GaGa speak" for the new Heartbeats by Lady Gaga "Haute Couture" Ultra High Definition Headphones packaging. "Left! Right! Beautiful! Listen closely: what you hear is the drumbeat of future fashion."

The next stop on this coast-to-coast Magical Mystery Tour was 'The Big Apple,' as in March U! Creative was tapped to design the new apparel merchandise for NYC's Central Park & Conservatory Waters... which believe it or not, draws more visitors each year than Disney.

Heading into Spring, U! Creative was bracing themselves for lift-off as their talents were called on to develop a really cool personalized Child's 'Experience' Book concept for NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

As Summer arrived the U! Team was honored to be asked to design the Official Lynda.com Congratulations Ad for co-founder, Lynda Weinman who was 2010 recipient of the South Coast Business & Technology "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award. Congratulations Lynda... Here's to your vision! Here you can check out the Official Press Release and Video of Lynda receiving this prestigious award.

The firm would go on in the year to earn their stripes... developing an entire new fashion-focused apparel line to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of righteous rock band, Stryper. The line has grown from some original concepts into a vast line spawning a licensing deal and an entirely new way of merchandising which will debut in Q1 2011.

The U! Team has always been about taking a leadership position as it relates to both current and emerging marketing tactics from QR Codes and Widget Development to iPhone/Portable App Development and Bluetooth Marketing. So it was no surprise that U! would venture out over the summer and give life to an entirely new concept in Social Media Marketing... The Social Farm™

The Farm (as they call it) is walking distance from U! HQ above The Second Street Cafe. The concept for The Farm has been in the planning stages since 2008 as U! Creative could forsee a Social Tsunami coming and began to make preparations for when it would hit the marketing world. Managed by U! Creatives own Social Media Navigator, Carole Baker, The Farm is (for lack of better terms) a communications center of College Bloggers, Mommy Bloggers, along with Recruited Bloggers (Farm Hands) who are on-brand with the customers message to serve as 'brand enthusiasts.' "We're going deeper into the stream than just Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and YouTube," says U! President, Ron Campbell, "We offer results-oriented solutions across a variety of communications streams and our process establishes more meaningful relationships between our customers and their followers. We're able to manage all of these social touch points for any type of brand or product and authentically be their voice."

Since opening, The Farm has experienced groundbreaking success with such brands as Starbuck's, AXE Cologne, Under Armor and Samsung spreading the news of what their doing for brands who have enlisted this U! Creative service.

It's not every day that a creative firm gets the opportunity to develop the next big communication channel in Social Media... Social Surfers allow us to introduce you to the next powerful and fun tool in your arsenal, eLoveHate. eLH is a place for you to let the world know just how you feel about any subject. Hate spiders? Say it. Love board games? Say it. Let the world hear your voice. But brands watch out... as eLH is "Power to the People" on steroids having already caused some of the world's most influential brands sit up and take notice of this global megaphone to the boardroom.

A tool like eLH is one that needed a team who could deliver on it's promise. So eLoveHate Limited (based in Anguilla, British West Indies) enlisted U! with the entire task of bringing this exciting idea to life. With almost a year of planning, designing, and development, U! Creative was charged with Branding, Identity, Design, and Interactive Development to all the Social Media Management and Marketing.

The site is currently in BETA as the eLH team prepares for an official launch in 2011 with more robust features and enhancements. We invite you to Register Now and give it test run... make sure to tell others about it and "Fan the Flame!" And if you love U! Creative... show us some LOVE!

Throughout 2010, U! Creative continued building on their friendship and creative partnership with the The Great Von Glitschka. In April, the U! team was honored to be invited by Von to be featured in his third book for HOW Books officially titled, "Flourish.Banner.Frame." Available June 2011 via Amazon and Vonster Books this latest book features over 600 pieces of art cataloged and all provided in vector form on the books DVD. Like Von's other two books, this new one will include artist features showcasing some of the creative industries best talent utilizing a piece of art from the book in their own unique way. "I'm honored they've agreed to be part of this publication." says Von, "I knew U! Creative would be able to leverage the art as it's intended, a creative resource you can utilize in any type of creative project. I think the solution U! came up with is a good example of how designers and illustrators alike can use this books resources to facilitate their own creative pursuits." U! chose to share this high profile spotlight by featuring U/V Client and fashion brand, Beloved Virus Originals. And just in time for Christmas, BVO is offering a 25% discount to U! Creative friends and followers... so go SHOP BVO and use the Coupon Code "JOLLYU25".

Then in May, Von interviewed U! President, Ron Campbell for his Presentation "Creating 5ive-Alarm Concepts" to the How Design Conference June 6-9 in Denver. The Sessions focused on idea generation and "How to think through ideas in the early stages of concepting." Whether you were able to make it to the HOW Conference or not, you can experience the presentation now. DOWNLOAD the entire Presentation Package, go through it at your own pace and hopefully glean something you can integrate into your own creative pursuits.

All over the place seems to be the best answer these days... as the U! Creative team continues to appear in a lot of cool places. In March, they were mentioned by U! Creative/Overdrive Development race car driver, Shannon McIntosh on The Autosportradio.com Show which broadcasts from McGilvery's in Speedway, Indiana! Check out the AUDIO or VIDEO of the interview.

Then in early July, U! President, Ron Campbell found himself in the middle of the enraged city of Cleveland as Lebron made the shot heard round the world. Ron was outside The Q as the city began removing the building size 'We Are All Witnesses' Nike Banner where he was approached by Amy Basista of Cleveland's FOX Affiliate CH 8 for an interview on the controversy.

Ron again found himself in front of the Camera in late July for an Interview for the School of Advertising Art 2010 Recruitment VIDEO.

Then in August Ron and Jay found themselves in the presence of Director, Michael Bay and Actor, Shia LaBeouf on the closed set of Transformers 3 - Dark of The Moon at Chicago's Navy Pier. Check out this "Behind the Scenes" clip from the U! Cam.

The guys then made their way on to Comic Con where they hooked up with U! Art Director, Adam Limbert. The guys were jazzed to get a meeting with Ashley Eckstein creator of the new "geek chic" Star Wars line from Her Universe.

As the year wrapped up... the U! Team was stoked to see Adam's characterization of The Totally Rad Show hosts, Alex Albrecht, Dan Trachtenberg, and Jeff Cannata end up being featured as an episode background. The Totally Rad Show highlights the world of movies, video games, tv, comics, and everything rad... Way to Go Adam! Closing the year, U! Designer Jayson Weidel launched an Intergalactic online gallery called "Planet Pulp" to showcase monthly themes around Pulp Culture!

As many of you know, this past Summer U! Creative added Jeff Louderback's talents to our team to head up our PR Services. An award-winning writer, editor and publicist for over 20 years, Jeff has written countless press releases, story pitch letters, personality/entrepreneur profiles, travel-lifestyle-health/wellness-sports and business features. His work has generated coverage for clients in local, regional and national media outlets as: Forbes, Fortune, New York Times, USA Today, InTouch Weekly, Inc., Entrepreneur, and the Wall Street Journal. Jeff also has a deep knowledge of the foodservice industry, having started the PR division of what is now the nation's largest restaurant Marketing/PR firm.

The relationship with Jeff has continued to grow which fostered conversations in the fall about U! opening a satellite office in Tampa, managed by Jeff. With U! having such a strong presence in the Theme Park and Attractions business throughout Florida, partnering with such brands as SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Adventure Parks, Discovery Cove, Aquatica, Adventure Island and NASCAR the timing felt right. So Florida Buckle Up as a new Attraction is coming to town... and it will be one wild ride starting January 2011.